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Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by paulgb on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:03PM (#39218192)
Congrats on releasing this!

I had a look at the server code. Is the idea that you will just vertically scale up the server to handle the load, or is there a mechanism for scaling out horizontally?

[1] https://github.com/quadratichq/quadratic/blob/main/quadratic...

Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by davidkircos on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:19PM (#39218437)
The `quadratic-multiplayer` service is designed to be scaled vertically. Once we hit that limit, we will need to come up with a way to route traffic to servers based on what file a user is accessing and what server is hosting that room.

Every other service can be scaled horizontally today. However, the Rust services are very efficient at processing traffic, and a single node can handle significant usage.

Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by paulgb on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:24PM (#39218511)
Gotcha, makes sense. I've heard stories of vertical scaling going a *long* way for multiplayer servers if they’re essentially relaying messages.

> we will need to come up with a way to route traffic to servers based on what file a user is accessing and what server is hosting that room

Shameless plug, but you might like https://plane.dev for this.

Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by davidkircos on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:33PM (#39218633)
Plane.dev looks awesome. We will check it out!